Talking toy mechanism



May 31, 1927.

F. EVANS TALKING TOY MECHANISM Filed March 21. 1923 IN mam-0 ATTORNEY.

' fully distended. I'1he weig'lit'8 will nowkbe 7 free to'rnovedownwardly underthe influence. of gravity andas it descends itwill expel air from" the interio'rfoftheibellows; this blast strikingthereed and causing-( ie tof vibrate. As the weight descends, ,the slottherein, through which the strip- 15 passes,

will cause the strip to untwist,- this resulting 7 in a rotation of thepinl' 6;"and"'a*nrioventient ofuthe disc 17.

- When the" downward movement" the disc 8' is beginning;thep'orts 18'aha-1951a theldiscl'Tf willv be 'oiit'fof registry'gwiththe orifice;thefa ijr tliroughi'the apei- V ture in the headf anfd through the eed;will tl'i'erenpon ass; into the orifice chainber, but

I V as thefoijifi is closedl this air will simply be "compressed; andany:soundproduced by the byv the reed.

'Duringthedescent of the wei ht,hbwever,

the rotation of-thepinlG produced'bythe *untwisti ig'of t-hjstripjl5',will fbringi the port'l8 'into registry with, the'orifice" 13,

whereupon the air expelled-i from the bellows will passoetw rdly to theatmosphere,

this causing a di'stiiic't'sound to be gi'v'e'n'ofii The continued;downward I ymovnient. of theweightnowcauses the port the air fromthebllo'ws, the reediwill cease 5o the vupriLjh-t position; thefiveightwi'll again fice, whereupon a secon 18'to' pass out of registry .withtheorifice :13, whereupon the sound'will again be maffled until the port-19 registers with the 'oiiduced, by the reed."

instead of producing: a two-syllable cry, as is here; .described,f' thedisc 17 may be provid'ed wit-ha pluralityfof ap'ert'ures, arid that thesize of these apertures may be regulated so. as to change' the characterand'nuinber of the syllables produced, by the voice, a 'When the weighft8 ll'fLSJIlOVQCl to its limit of downward travel; completelyexpellingsounding but upon inovernentofthe doll to move under gravity to its liinitbf upward travel tofi the {position indicated in Figur 1,whereupon the repeatedjfj In the distension Of-the bellows the} airdrawn 'inw'ardlyi through the: orifice chain (Ell her, and-through the,reed,"wi1'l" produce no soun'd 'since thefree'dfishere'f disposed" insuch a way'-'tl1'at1;passage off ai'r'jintoth'e interior of the bellowswill force" 7 thereed i from seat and? preventi' vibraitioni Ithas-beeii noted' thatfth'e'head 3 isplaced inwardly] from the end of"the casing and the purpose offthis" "constructionfis' to ind sound willbe pm; d

his action o p r itng the meats cycle of operations may e camrod"actingttqiotate the actuation i of j the" bellows which causessurethat the sound regulating and 15mm;-

in'g'parts whichare he'ie'mounted'on the outer face of the head 3,.willbe protected b'yr theextending-1'wallsvof the casing.- V 1 The artso'f'which-the device are made:

may constructed of cheap material, and

the "labor" caused in assembling is relatively r small.w There are no.parts' which-are of a delicate"charactei and the device is so ar rangedthat'the working parts areprotected- Such a sound producing;- mechan smsfca- 'pable of use for an indefinite period; inas- It will be seen'thatf while the devicehere;

illustrated will produce a ,inal-inaif sound,"

various other sounds may bjegiveii off if a rlirill ll}; being s mplynecessary to change that all inatter; contained fin the or "sl'iown.

drawing?shall'he" int preted 'a's fillust'rativeanyand-1m-inaliniitmgsens" 'vention r' elmeneis:

,1; A deviceof the elites deseribe'd having I ny' changes could 'befmadej:inth'is claim as new and desifreto"secure Y in conibinatioii;acollapsiblebellows a sound reed opera-ear the eby; m s h vin reed'flrnay'is'siueavalve :rotatably with respect to said-"opening :and'in's' new inga spiral cam face"forflrotat-ingisztid v yeghwhichthesoundifroin the 1 ope'iii'ng s the bellows isoperatedL 2. Adevice oftheclass described haviiig' incombination; a -casing, a?collapsible bel lows therein having-two heads; oneljfiice'dwi'tlrre'spect to-"the"casi'iigl'and'tlief other a weighty head" movableI back ,and forth "in" the casing 'to collapsefaild distendfthe bel lowsby gravity} sound ree atiuatea ;by

- close said-orifice [and means for act u n 11 0 saidbllow's,meanscfariied' hy oneof said ill;

7' Ft ,1 sa d valve 'durln'gthat movement of thebel'i' 1 lo'ws whichcauses the "reed? to soundfflsafid prising in" combination, a casing,'21 head mounted lIl'tGlIIlGCliIt"the ends thereof a thereb'y 'agaih stfr otative movement; the said we ghtprovided with 'a slot, "a freed chaininunic'ation-with the-interior olsaidbellows, I anorificechamberintofwhich said reed pro- 7 'jects,'.a revoluble twisted memberextending Y said orifice. v

through'the slot insaidjweight, a disc pro;

said ports successivelyvinto registry with V 4. Andevice of theclass]described, com prising at cas1ng',,having'% a, closed end,j,,;ahead intermediate the ends Ofqsdld' easing,

abellows attached to one fac'eof saidhead,

a weight mounted on said bellows, a chamberprovided with a reed mountedon the other face ofsa'id head in communication with the interior ofsaid'ibellows, a cham-V ber provided with an orifice mounted adjacentsaid reed chamber and-1n communication with said reed, a twisted stripattached to the closed end of said casing, and extende j in combination,a bellows having two heads, a

one of said heads being] a weighty head p t whereby the same will act tooperate the ing through saiddisc' and said bellows, a disc provided withports attached to the end i of said strip, the walls of the aperture insaid weight through which said strip extends being so designed as tocause arota-f tion of the end of said strip as saidbellows is collapsed,whereby to rotate said'disc and bring said ports successively inregistry." 5. A deviceof the class described, comprising'a cylindricalcasing having a closed end, a head mounted within said casing intermediate the ends thereof, the bellows. at,-

tached to one face of saidhead, a weight attached to the end of saidbellows, a cliam her having a reed projecting through the wall thereof,said chamber being mounted on the outer face of said head incommunication with said bellows, an orlfice chamber'mounted adjacentsaid reed chamber in communication with said, reed, a twisted stripattached to the closed end of'said casing and projecting through saidbellows and said we1ght,'a ,dlsc prov ded with ports, on

the other end of said strip, adapted to over-' lie said orifice, thewalls of the aperture of said weig'ht throughavliich said strip ex tendsbeing so designed as to cause arota- 'tion of said strip andsai'd disc,as said weight collapses said bellows, whereby to bring said portssuccessively into registry with said orifice. a

6. A device ofthe class described having in combination-a bellows, asound reed operated thereby, means tliavingnan' orifice throughwhich-the sound fromsaid reed may i said orifice to open and close thesame, and, a twisted cam rod acting responsive to operi-e q reed tosound. p,

escape, a valve rotatable over the face of ation of the bellows torotate sa'id valve during actuation of the bellows to cause the 7 r A:device oi. the, class described? having in;- combination, a casing,- acollapsible gbel lows therein 'havingtwofheads', one fixed weighty; headmovableback-;and forth in close said orifice and ineans foractuating sva ve dur ng tha ov1 11 p t b l lows which causes-the reed to sound, and

during the j vactuation of the bellows which cause sthe reed t'oso undand said Trod being fiXedto said 3 valve. and said weighty. head havinga cam op ening 'therein through which.

the lr od passe's to operatetlieelatterasflthe weighty head movesin thecasing. V

v81A device of the class described J bellows by gravity, a soundreedfoperated' f saidopening, said valve being thus operweighty head.

'9. A device of the class described having in combination, a bellowshaving two heads,

one of said heads being a weighty head' I whereby the same will act tooperate the 1 bellows by gravity, a sound reed operated j the bellows,means having vanopening through which the sound from the reed mayissue," a valve rotatably' mounted with rethe bellows, means having. an"opening I through which the sound from the reed may issue, a valve rjotatably,mountedl with 'I're5 spect to said opening andn ean's havin'gat spiral cam face to cause rotation of said valve to control theissuance oi' soun d from v '1 100 I 'l rated by the operation ofthebellows by said 1 spect to' said opening and means including:

a spirally twisted cam member along which the weighty head slides tocause rotation of said valve to control the issuance of sound j i1operated by the operation of the bellows from said opening, said: valve"bein g thus by said weighty head.

.10. A sound producingdev'ice havin in combination, a weighty head and afixed head, a-tubular bellowsconnecting said heads and adapted to beoperated, by" gravity by said weighty head, a sound reed'operated by thebellows, means having an. opening through which the sound from thereed'is 8 adapted to issue, ajvalve rotatably and slid-V ably mountedwith respect-to said opening,

and means including a cam member cooperating, with said weightyhead'toautomaticah ly cause rotation of the valve to control the iiissuance of sound from. said sound opening 130 a said lastnentionedrneans co npr1s1ng. a twisted Icani rod acting torotatesaidvalve

